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TITSA is the ''Transportes interurbanos de Tenerife, S.A.'' which operates almost all public bus services in
/ref> The Camacho Hotel Company had introduced the first gasoline powered bus in 1904. In 1927, the authorities decided to control bus service and divided the island into a north and a south zone. Two different bus companies won the contracts for the two zones. Although in 1928 they amalgamated to form a single company, different managers continued to manage different lines, and they did not always co-operate on schedules. The growth of improved roads between 1930 and 1950 gave the rail-independent buses the financial edge over the electric trams. In 1942 the bus system was reorganized into an integrated system. In 1978, it changed its name to TITSA and the major shareholder (85%) was the Spanish state railway
Bus timetable for TITSA
Tenerife government info about public transport company TITSA
Bus companies of Spain Transport in Tenerife
Tenerife
Tenerife ( ; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands, an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. With a land area of and a population of 965,575 inhabitants as of A ...
, on the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...
. It carries over 60 million travellers a year in a fleet of approximately 600 vehicles.
History
In 1884, the Omnibus Company started a bus line between Santa Cruz and La Laguna operating a single one-horse open carriage. By 1885 they had the four and six horsestagecoach
A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...
es, with an additional line from Santa Cruz to La Orotava
La Orotava is a town and a municipality in the northern part of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands of Spain. The area of the municipality stretches from the north coast to the mountainous interior, and includes the summit of the Teide volcano, ...
. In 1898, development of the electric tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
system began, with the inaugural trip in 1901. Soon the tram replaced horses on the existing lines, and a new line was built from Santa Cruz to Icod de los Vinos
Icod de los Vinos is a municipality in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands (Spain), located in the northwestern part of the island. Inhabitants of Icod are known in Spanish as ''"icodenses"''.
...
. In 1904 track was laid from La Laguna to Tacoronte. By 1950, the company had 21 km of track, with four stationhouses: Santa Cruz, La Cuesta, La Laguna and Tacoronte. By 1959 it was all abandoned; bus service had replaced the trams."a brief review of the history of the company..." TITSA/ref> The Camacho Hotel Company had introduced the first gasoline powered bus in 1904. In 1927, the authorities decided to control bus service and divided the island into a north and a south zone. Two different bus companies won the contracts for the two zones. Although in 1928 they amalgamated to form a single company, different managers continued to manage different lines, and they did not always co-operate on schedules. The growth of improved roads between 1930 and 1950 gave the rail-independent buses the financial edge over the electric trams. In 1942 the bus system was reorganized into an integrated system. In 1978, it changed its name to TITSA and the major shareholder (85%) was the Spanish state railway
RENFE
Renfe (, ), officially Renfe-Operadora, is Spain's national state-owned railway company.
It was created in 2005 upon the split of the former Spanish National Railway Network (RENFE) into the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias ( ...
. In 1986, TITSA was handed to the Canaries Government. In 2007, TITSA was transferred to be directly administered by the Tenerife council, the Cabildo Tenerife.
Titsa bus fleet, locally known as "guagua" (single bus) or "guaguas" (multiple buses) are equipped with various sort of passenger comfort technologies, including USB ports and wifi.
Depots
The company has five Depots: * Intercambiador:Av.3 de Mayo * Cuevas Blancas:C/Punta de Anaga * Los Rodeos:Crta General Del Norte * Cho/Parque la Reina:C/Levante * San Jeronimo:C/CaladosSee also
* IntercambiadorNotes
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Bus timetable for TITSA
Tenerife government info about public transport company TITSA
Bus companies of Spain Transport in Tenerife